Thanks for the replies everyone, every little tidbit of info helps. I also wasn't aware that these forums were so active, so that's another plus.
Don't drool til you see the accessibility index. If you have millions of resources there, but the accessibility is ~. 1, its not really worth mining.
I was starting to realize that after going through a ton of Academy posts that had to do with mining. And yes, Venus always seemed to have 10's of millions of resources but would usually come sporting . 1 accessibility. Though to a noob, the juicy amount of resources still makes me salivate, despite not ever being able to get to them.
This looks like your not using cargo holds in groups of 5. Most installation require 5 holds to transport intact. There is a list (in the FAQ I think) that will tell you how many holds are required per installation.
I wasn't aware of this, I haven't gotten to know the sizes of everything yet. I'll keep the 5 cargo hold thing in mind from now on.
I kept going with 6, because for whatever reason 30,000tonnes at a time seemed like a good round number.
Guys. . in "God" mode on. . this game become very boring. . u can build up--hundreds thousands ships. --> are funny? no. -.
Thriller mode On are addicted.
So never use "SM" mode to modify anything. .
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Rear Admiral Vassileev Sergeji Lermontov
Earth Empire - Ganimede Base
I've never been much of a "cheat mode" kind of person, so I have tried to stick to only using SM for allocating starting research and OB (I think that's the proper acronym).
hxxp: aurorawiki. pentarch. org/index. php?title=Installations
Yes, I try to keep a browser window open with the forums and wiki up at all times while I play. But there is still so much information I've yet to absorb or discover.
If you use automated mines and mass drivers, it's no different then mining an asteroid.
If you go into SM mode and go to the F2 screen there is a SM Mods button that will open a window that shows fractions for everything. On the Task Groups window below where you give the pickup order there is a Maximum Amount to Load box which may accept fractions. (ninja'd)
I think I have the different ways of mining down (pretty much all I have been doing so far), I was just curious about planets like Venus with tons of resources but crap accessibility and if it was even worth mining them.